Monday, 19 September 2011

Session 6


TWC Session 6

Today’s lesson is one of the most interesting sessions I had so far. Today’s topic is on bio-business and bioscience development. Many controversial discussions were conducted during class and I had a meaningful and engaging time.

Prof started off the lesson with a quote from Albert Einstein,” There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” I think this quote is extremely important to us as young adults.  We should adopt a willing-to-learn attitude and hold our curiosity towards things around us. The society will only improve if people are able to spot the flaws in current technology and constantly make improvement on it. Hence a right attitude and right posture of heart is very important for the overall development of mankind.

One interesting point that caught my attention was the discussion about the superbug brought up by Kelly during presentation. I would like to emphasize one key point that doctor ought to give his patient the most effective and affordable medicine even though there is a risk of producing “superbug”. I think there is an ethical issue here, as the doctor should provide the best for the patients since the patients place their trust fully onto you. However, we cannot ignore the problem of “superbug” which will post a severe threat every society in the world. Hence I think in order to solve the problem without compromising on the ethical part is through education and raise awareness about the issue. There is a significant amount of people in the public do not or not sure about the cause of the “superbug” and more importantly they do not understand the importance of its prevention. Hence government has to raise the awareness through publicity just like how they educate people about smoking. Besides, the doctor should also explain to the patient the importance of taking full cycle of their medicine and the severe consequences that may be resulted if they do not obey. I think through these methods, the problem of “superbug” should be able to ease to a certain extend.

Another issue I would like to discuss about is the designer baby. I think there are sufficient discussions during the class and I think most people agree that it is ok to genetically modify the baby if he is suffering from some natural defect. I think a set of regulation should be in placed in order to stop these arguments from going on and on. The regulation should include that under what situation it is ok to modify the baby and what kind of modification is prohibited. The rules should be agreed by majority of the countries around the world and with these common understanding, abuses of such technology and other ethical problems will disappear.  

I shall rate today’s class 9 out of 10 due to the overwhelming response and really interesting discussion topics. Looking forward to more exciting lessons in the following week.

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